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| Black Community | 1 |
| Black Dialects | 1 |
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| Inner City | 1 |
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| Language in Society | 1 |
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| Labov, William | 1 |
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Peer reviewedLabov, William – Language in Society, 1973
To be lame'' in Black English means to be outside of any vernacular peer group and its culture. (RS)
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Dialects, Diagrams, Inner City
